To Kill a Mockingbird Test Self- Evaluation Thesis: In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, there is a recurring idea of how as Scout and Jem grow up, the different people in the town are molding them into ladies and gentlemen. My thesis was inadequate because I did not explain what Harper Lee's idea of being a lady or gentleman was.
Quotes: “Civilized in his heart” (Lee 130). I chose this quote because I was describing what made Atticus a gentleman. It was not clearly connected to my thesis and there could have been a better option.
“You are the product of several generations’ gentle breeding… you must try to behave like the little lady and gentleman that you are” (Lee 117). This quote relates more to my thesis because it shows Aunt Alexandra's view that being a lady or gentleman comes from background or family history.
Evaluation: My thesis was inadequate because I did not explain what I believed Harper Lee's idea of being a lady or gentleman was, I left it unexplained. My first quote was chosen because I was trying to describe what Harper Lee though made Atticus a gentleman, however it was not clearly connected and I could have found a better option. The second quote is more related to my thesis because it shows Aunt Alexandra's view that being a lady or gentleman comes mainly from background or family history.
Thesis:
In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, there is a recurring idea of how as Scout and Jem grow up, the different people in the town are molding them into ladies and gentlemen.
My thesis was inadequate because I did not explain what Harper Lee's idea of being a lady or gentleman was.
Quotes:
“Civilized in his heart” (Lee 130).
I chose this quote because I was describing what made Atticus a gentleman. It was not clearly connected to my thesis and there could have been a better option.
“You are the product of several generations’ gentle breeding… you must try to behave like the little lady and gentleman that you are” (Lee 117).
This quote relates more to my thesis because it shows Aunt Alexandra's view that being a lady or gentleman comes from background or family history.
Evaluation:
My thesis was inadequate because I did not explain what I believed Harper Lee's idea of being a lady or gentleman was, I left it unexplained. My first quote was chosen because I was trying to describe what Harper Lee though made Atticus a gentleman, however it was not clearly connected and I could have found a better option. The second quote is more related to my thesis because it shows Aunt Alexandra's view that being a lady or gentleman comes mainly from background or family history.